146 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



barley and Chicago maize feed ; or some single feed stuff, as 

 Buffalo gluten feed or Chicago maize feed. The market cost 

 of the various feed stuffs suitable for the purpose largely 

 controls, for obvious reasons, their temporary selection. 



During the present year (1892) Chicago maize feed and 

 Buffalo gluten feed have been chosen for our observation. 

 The market cost of the feed consumed per pound of dressed 

 pork produced has varied during past years from 4.3 to 6.4 

 cents. 



The available manurial refuse has amounted to two-fifths 

 of the market cost of the feed consumed. Dressed pork has 

 of late sold at from 6|- to 7^ cents per pound. Allowing 

 20 per cent, of shrinkage — 



7.25 cents pei- pound of dressed weight is equal to 5.8 cents per pound 



live weight. 

 6.50 cents per pound of dressed weight is equal to 5.2 cents per pound 



live weight. 

 6.00 cents per pound of dres.sed Aveight is equal to 4.8 cents per pound 



live weig^ht. 



Sixteenth Feeding Experiment with Pigs. 

 Septembevy 1891, to February, 1892. 

 Six pigs, grade Chester Whites, were purchased on Sept. 

 12, 1891, at $2.50 apiece. Three were sows and three 

 barrows. For a period of about nine weeks preceding 

 the experiment proper the pigs were fed on skim-milk 

 and potatoes. The potatoes were boiled and mashed with 

 the milk. The figures below are for the entire six pigs, no 

 individual records having been kept of this period. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 22, 1891, to iVbu, 



28, 1891. 



• At 15 cents per bushel, small, and not suitable for family use. 



